Riot Sparks After Arrest Near Watts High School
Police say rumors of Mexican and white businessmen in Watts escalated into violence after a routine arrest near Setar High School. A fight outside Bob's Liquor Store led to shootings and a riot, with two killed and dozens injured or arrested. The clash followed earlier shootings and rumors that fed the unrest.
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Bombers Gun For North Vietnamese Regiment Near Saigon
U S Air Force B 52 bombers hit a North Vietnamese regiment about 35 miles north of Saigon as Operation Silver City entered day ten. Allied troops pressed through jungle toward Viet Cong strongholds while reports said 275 enemy killed in a four hour battle. Nearby actions included clashes 20 miles west of Saigon and skirmishes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail as U S forces seek to clear waterways and underground networks.
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House Passes DST Bill For Entire Nation
The House approved a bill to standardize Daylight Saving Time nationwide for six months each year starting next year. A 292 to 93 roll call sent the measure to the Senate. It would require the Interstate Commerce Commission to set clocks one hour ahead from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, while states could preserve standard time by legislative action.
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Sears executive dies at 51 in Northbrook Lee
George H. Southers, 51, vice president in charge of merchandising and architects for Sears, Roebuck & Co., died yesterday in Northbrook Illinois. Southers had led merchandising since 1959 and held executive roles overseeing store strategies and product lines. His death marks a major loss for the Chicago area retailer and the company’s leadership team.
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American Freed by East Germans After 17 Months
John Van Altena Jr., 21, an American held by East Germany for 17 months of an eight month sentence, was released at the Berlin Wall on Wednesday. His mother said East Germans claimed he was caught smuggling in the trunk of his car. He had gone to Germany to work for Lufthansa before his arrest and reportedly went to West Berlin for a rest after release. His family noted confusion over whether he admitted wrongdoing.
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Allies vow NATO unity despite France pullout
14 Atlantic allies remain firm on sustaining NATO as Charles de Gaulle signals France may withdraw. Bohlen reports to President Johnson and testifies before a House subcommittee as Johnson weighs a new letter to de Gaulle. Washington discusses U.S. policy lines with Rusk Acheson and other advisers.
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Corry Area Shows Gains In Assessed Valuation
Corry Concord Township Union City Wayne Township and Elgin Borough report increases in assessed property value over last year. The county assessor notes the 1968 total for Corry rose to 9,229,660 from 8,969,820, a gain of 268,470, while Union City advanced to 772,800 from 761,480.
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Not Bitter Mom Goes To Jail For Parking Fines
Des Moines AP reports Karen Kay Hacker widow with a week old baby served nine hours in jail for parking ticket charges. Eight tickets were pending with two dismissed and a $70 fine paid or pending. Hacker said many tickets were for others using her car and she supports six children on Social Security while repossession looms.
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Harry B. Grund
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Hospital adds funded by federal grants in Erie County
Haston Corry LLC Hospital Additions receive 168000 Hil-Harris funds for long term care expansion. Union City Memorial Hospital also gets 133000 for a 2 bed wing planned since 1963, with total project cost about 400000. Administrators Samuel Antrim and William Green discuss bid timing blueprints and distribution of funding across the county.
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Tate
Samuel Antrim
Union City Memorial Hospital
Hill- Harris
Corry
Union City Hospital
William Green
Union City
Green
Atounty Hospital
Erie County
Explosion rocks Rossi Fireworks plant near New Castle
A series of blasts at Rossi Fireworks Co five miles west of New Castle, Pa, left three people initially reported missing. Ambulances police and fire crews rushed to the scene as details began to emerge.
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One Hundred Yanks Killed and Wounded in Viet Nam Week
SAIGON AP reports as week of March 6 to 12, one hundred Americans killed and 808 wounded in Vietnam with additional missing. Losses rise from prior week. February 27 to March 5 tally was 61 killed, 177 wounded, one missing. Spokesman notes new reporting system may blur dates of some casualties.
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Washington
Rule Priest Was Slain
The Very Rev. Msgr. Francis J. O'Connor was found dead in Scajaquada Creek and Erie County Medical examiner Dr. John P. Hyland ruled the death a definite homicide. O Connor, 44, editor in chief of The Magnificat, the diocese publication, was slain after his head was held under water by multiple assailants.
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Mississippi Students Await Kennedy Visit Sparks Security
Oxford Mississippi AP In the eve of Sen Robert F Kennedy address to the University of Mississippi law school students officials tightened campus security amid criticism of Kennedy visit Some state leaders urged a statement of Southern hospitality while protesters planned a rebel flag rally in Jackson nearby authorities said Kennedy’s visit would honor the late president’s civil rights legacy.
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Hold Oil City Man In Area Burglary
A 71 year old Oil City man, Don ald Elder, was taken into custody by Corry State Police as they filed charges over a crime spree across Erie Crawford and Venango counties. Elder, held in the Erie County jail, was charged with burglarizing a collage in Waterford owned by Henry Rupert. The October 1, 1965 burglary involved three companions, two juveniles, and items valued at 850 including a weapon and clothing. The other suspect Philip Fahey is jailed in Crawford County on another charge.
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Corry
Erie
Crawford
Venango
Edward Pass
Walter Krupa
Franklin
Donald Elder
Erie County
Elder
Waterford
Henry Rupert
Philip Fahey
Crawford County
State
Rupert
New York Pays 115000 To Man Held In Prison 34 Years
Albany AP reports an unemployed janitor confined nearly 34 years in state institutions for stealing five dollars worth of candy received 115000 dollars from the New York Court of Claims. Richard Heller, whose case drew attention to misclassified insanity, was placed on probation with monthly visits to a Methodist minister near his upstate Salem home, then later transferred to Elmira and other facilities described as prisonlike. His brother George Dennison, who supported him, hired two attorneys to pursue the case.
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New York Sue Court of Claims
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Heller
Swan
Salem
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Dennison
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Eller
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George Dennison
George
Stephen
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George Wein
William V. Canale
Two Astronauts Head Toward Okinawa on Destroyer
Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott were rescued after a violent re entry and emergency landing in the Western Pacific. They boarded the destroyer Mason, headed for Naha Okinawa, then Cape Kennedy to recount the dramatic abort. NASA officials continued data review to determine the cause of the loss of control, with Defense and presidential acknowledgment of the safe return. The mission, nearly a three day flight, ended after 10 hours 42 minutes in space.
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